Three models of iPad in January? Not very likely — Apple is reportedly gearing up to unveil three different models of January, including two brand new offerings, on January 26, according to new reports from supply chain sources speaking to DigiTimes on Thursday.

Bid for Same-Day Delivery Taps the Smartphone Boom — Numerous start-ups have tried to go after the Holy Grail of e-commerce—delivering things to people's homes and offices on the same day they ordered them—and have failed. — Postmates Inc., a San Francisco Internet start-up that launched …

British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot — Nick D'Aloisio talks to Jane Wakefield about the inspiration for his app — Most teenagers will find any reason under the sun not to do their homework. — But 16-year-old South Londoner Nick D'Aloisio's excuse is better than most …

Verizon says LTE outage is resolved, 3G never affected — We've received a brief statement from Verizon this morning regarding the LTE outage it suffered yesterday afternoon: … As the company notes, 3G data service was totally unaffected — the problem is that LTE-enabled phones …

Japan Gets Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machines — It's no secret that Japan is the country of vending machines (they even have models like this one now), but this is new: Tokyo-based beverage company Asahi Soft Drinks took the wraps off a vending machine [JP] that not only offers drinks …

Facebook tries to appease frustrated developers — Summary: Developers this week complained about two separate Facebook issues. The first was in regards to the Javascript SDK and the second was about the Python SDK. Facebook responded to both. — Two different developers posted …

Ahead of I.P.O., S.E.C. Pressed Groupon on Accounting — Ahead of Groupon's highly anticipated initial public offering in November, the Securities and Exchange Commission repeatedly pressed the daily deals giant to defend its business model and its accounting measures, according to comment letters recently disclosed.

Golden Age of Tech Blogging Done? I Couldn't Disagree More — I'm a big fan of Jeremiah Owyang's market analysis but I think he missed the point on this one, big time. He recently wrote a post on how the Golden Age of tech blogging is over. No way. Unless of course, he means we're about to enter the platinum age.

Occupy Geeks Are Building a Facebook for the 99% — Protesters volunteering for the internet and information boards of the Occupy Wall Street protest work and broadcast from their media center in Zuccotti Plaza on Oct. 2, 2011. Photo: Bryan Derballa for Wired.com — “I don't want to say we're making our own Facebook.

The Definition Of Open Is... Missing — A few minutes ago, Android chief Andy Rubin sent out his 6th tweet. A milestone. Never mind that they're all self-serving promotion with Rubin never responding to anything or really giving anything in the way of context. They're all awesome. Kudos.

PSD2 Compliance in Zoho Books — The Revised Payment Services Directive, also known as the PSD2, is a set of regulatory guidelines laid down by the European Union (EU) for finance, banking, and payment service companies.

Google Fi - a phone plan, by Google — We felt that most phone plans just weren't made with you in mind. So that's why we built Google Fi with features that real people actually want. Click to learn more.